I know that Rowell has also published books, after Fangirl was written, about Simon Snow. The main focus of the books is Cath’s love for Simon Snow and her fanction. Nothing about the characters or the plot was exciting to me. Justifying to myself that I was going to pick up at some point and I should keep reading, I carried on for about another 80 pages. I even kept reading past the 100-page mark because of the length of the book. I kept coming back to the book again and again but found that I had no motivation to read the story. I tried, like really gave it my best shot. If, after that point, it’s still not doing anything for me, then I have the permission to abandon the book. My personal rule with books is that I have to give it at least 100 pages to prove itself.
Also, I was excited to see it was a BIG book, which meant that it was going to allow me to slip into the story for a long time. Knowing that this book has a cult following it, I was optimistic about being able to get through it. I’ve come to love and appreciate her quirky cast of characters and how she brings such raw emotion to them. Rowell has been a favorite of mine for a while. It’s with a hardened heart that I must admit….i was unable to finish this book.
For Cath, the question is: Can she do this? Can she make it without Wren holding her hand? Is she ready to start living her own life? Writing her own stories? And does she even want to move on if it means leaving Simon Snow behind? And she can’t stop worrying about her dad, who’s loving and fragile and has never really been alone. She’s got a surly roommate with a charming, always-around boyfriend, a fiction-writing professor who thinks fan fiction is the end of the civilized world, a handsome classmate who only wants to talk about words. Cath is on her own, completely outside of her comfort zone. Now that they’re going to college, Wren has told Cath she doesn’t want to be roommates. Cath’s sister has mostly grown away from fandom, but Cath can’t let go. Hanging out in Simon Snow forums, writing Simon Snow fan fiction, dressing up like the characters for every movie premiere. She and her twin sister, Wren, ensconced themselves in the Simon Snow series when they were just kids it’s what got them through their mother leaving. But for Cath, being a fan is her life-and she’s really good at it. Okay, the whole world is a Simon Snow fan. A coming-of-age tale of fan fiction, family and first love.
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